Overview

Glenn Cooper handles complex business, financial, commercial and domestic litigation involving significant business issues in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He appears before federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels, and before arbitration panels and professional disciplinary boards.

Glenn’s personal philosophy is to “be honest, be kind (when possible), be persistent, be bold” — an approach that has led to countless favorable outcomes for his clients and to him having an outsized impact on his industry.

A number of Glenn’s cases have helped shape the current state of the law in a number of areas. He is among a select group of active lawyers who have briefed and argued multiple civil cases in Maryland’s Supreme Court, the state’s highest court. Glenn has earned the respect of his colleagues, having represented a number of lawyers and law firms in Montgomery County. He lectures before various legal and professional associations, and has authored many articles on business issues.

Glenn is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (membership is exceptionally selective and by invitation only) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a national organization whose members are recognized for maintaining the highest degree of professionalism, integrity and excellence in the practice of family law. He is one of about 30 attorneys in the state of Maryland to be named to this prestigious group. Glenn is admitted to practice before a variety of federal and state courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Glenn was selected as the number one attorney in all of Maryland for four out of the last five years by Maryland Super Lawyers. He was selected as the number two attorney in the State the other of the last five years. Glenn is also listed as being in the Top 10 Super Lawyers in the District of Columbia and is currently the only attorney in the United States listed on Top 10 Super Lawyers lists in more than one jurisdiction.

Glenn takes great pride in being a husband, a father of three, and a grandfather of six. In his free time, he likes to hike, bike, read, check out live music, travel, spend time outdoors, and root for the Terps.

Honors and awards

• “Top Lawyers Hall of Fame,”  Washingtonian magazine (2022)
• Best Lawyers in America – Best Lawyers (2006-2023) Family Law, Family Law Arbitration, Commercial Litigation
• Maryland Super Lawyers (2007-2023); “Ranked Number One,” Maryland Super Lawyers (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023); “Maryland Top 10,” Maryland Super Lawyers (2012-2023); “Maryland Top 50,” Maryland Super Lawyers (2009-2023)
• Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2007-2020) – “D.C. Top 10,” Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2017-2020) –  “D.C. Top 100,” Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2008-2020)
• “Top Lawyers” – Washingtonian magazine (2018, 2020, 2022)
• “Top Attorneys,” Bethesda Magazine ​(2019, 2021, 2023) – Family/Divorce
• “Washington’s Best Lawyers,” Divorce and Family Law, Washingtonian magazine (2017-present)
• “DC Family Law Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers in America (2014)
• “Top Family Law Attorneys” – Washingtonian magazine
• “Top Divorce Attorneys” – Washingtonian magazine
• “Top Divorce Attorneys” – Bethesda Magazine (2010, 2013, 2017)
• Who’s Who in American Law
• Ranked AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings

Community involvement

• Pro Bono Committee for Montgomery County (Past Chair, 2002)
• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (Board of Visitors, 2018-2023)

Professional memberships

• Bar Association of Montgomery County (Past President, Member, Executive Committee, Past Treasurer, Bar Leader)
• Montgomery County Bar Foundation (Past President, Member, Executive Committee, Past Treasurer)
• Maryland State Bar Association (Member, Fellow, Past Chair, Committee on Ethics)
• American Bar Association (Member, Fellow, Past Delegate from Montgomery County)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American College of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)

Speaking engagements

• Speaker, “Selected Tax Issues in Divorce: Joint CLE presented by the Family and Tax Law Sections,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, November 2020
• Panelist, “Unique and Advanced Tax Issues in Divorce Cases,” Bar Association of Montgomery County Annual Law Day, April 2016
• Faculty, “Uses and Abuses of Derivative Actions in Corporations, LLCs and Other Limited Liability Entities in Maryland” 2012 MSBA Business Law Institute, April 12, 2012
• Faculty, “Business Control Issues,” Judicial Institute of Maryland, October 2010
• Speaker, “Embedded Taxes in the Asset Based Method of Valuation,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, Family Law Section, December 2008
• Speaker, “Business Control Issues and Minority Rights in Maryland, New Developments,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, combined program of the Business Law and Business Litigation Sections, April 2006
• Faculty, “Division of Retirement assets in Divorce Cases,” Judicial Institute of Maryland, March 2004
• Speaker, “Model Cross-Examination of a Mental Health Expert,” Eighth Annual Symposium on Family Law, An Advanced Seminar on Domestic Relations Practice and Procedure, November 11, 2003
• Speaker and Panelist, “Winning Your Divorce Case Through Effective Use of Business Valuations and Expert Witnesses,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, Family Law Section, Continuing Legal Education Program, May 2003
• Speaker and Panelist, “Traps for the Unwary Litigator,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, Federal Practice Section, Continuing Legal Education Program, April 2003